Whisky Galore!

Name: Whisky Galore!
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: May 12, 2017
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Fenella Woolgar, Gregor Fisher, James Cosmo

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Arrow Films | Release Date: May 12, 2017 | Not Rated

Starring: Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Fenella Woolgar, Gregor Fisher, James Cosmo, Kevin Guthrie, Michael Nardone, Naomi Battrick, Sean Biggerstaff, Tim Pigott-Smith

Summary: In 1943, the people of the isolated Scottish island of Todday are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave to court Peggy Macroon, the daughter of the local shopkeeper. Meanwhile, her sister Catriona has just become engaged to meekIn 1943, the people of the isolated Scottish island of Todday are largely unaffected by wartime rationing, until their supply of whisky runs out. In the midst of this catastrophe, Sergeant Odd returns on leave to court Peggy Macroon, the daughter of the local shopkeeper. Meanwhile, her sister Catriona has just become engaged to meek schoolteacher George Campbell, although his stern, domineering mother refuses to give her approval. During a storm, the freighter S.S. Cabinet Minister runs aground near Todday and begins to sink. Two local inhabitants investigate and learn from its departing crew that the cargo consists of 50,000 cases of whisky. A battle of wits ensues between the stuffy English commander Wagget, who wants to confiscate the salvaged cargo, and the islanders. … Expand

Director: Gillies MacKinnon

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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Serena Donadoni

May 11, 2017

Instead of glorifying the amber liquid, Whisky Galore! is a love letter to an isolated community trapped in amber. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 11, 2017

Granted, there’s not much reason to watch this Whisky Galore! so long as the 1949 version still exists. But it’s clear that everyone involved with this production had genuine affection for the material and for the very idea of old Scotland as a genteel utopia populated by kindly tippler Read full review

Guy Lodge

May 17, 2017

Oddly stiff where Alexander Mackendrick’s original village farce was infectiously tipsy, Gillies MacKinnon’s interpretation is twee, tweedy and rather timid about putting its own stamp on a now-quaint story. Read full review

Time Out London Dave Calhoun

May 2, 2017

Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, this new version lacks the mischief of the original and feels like a sluggish museum piece. Read full review

Matthew Anderson

May 25, 2017

A dry and surprisingly dull film, it is a comedy which doesn't induce a single laugh and a drama that doesn't engage emotionally or pull on the heartstrings at all. Read full review

The Guardian Andrew Pulver

May 11, 2017

It comes across as twee, comfy-cardigan film-making. And, Eddie Izzard’s best efforts notwithstanding, it simply isn’t very funny. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

May 11, 2017

Gone is the original’s joyful sense of mischief; what’s left is an inoffensive piece of twaddle that never fully appreciates the ineluctable bond between community spirit and a drop of the hard stuff. Read full review

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